What are the ten largest (in rentable square footage) enclosed
shopping malls in the U.S?  What are the ten largest (in rentable
square footage) open-air malls in the U.S?  If Ontario Mills (located
in Ontario, CA) is not on either list, where does it rank in size vs.
other U.S. malls?

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Request for Question Clarification by tisme-ga on 26 Nov 2002 19:13 PST

Hello steveng,

Please provide clarification on the following items:

You mention that "If Ontario Mills is not on either list," while the
lists you are looking for are in the United States. Since Ontario
Mills is not in the United States (it is in Canada), it is almost
certain not to appear on either list.

Also, I have researched this, but was unable to come up with specific
results that differentiated open-air malls from enclosed malls. I have
everything else you were looking for though.

Please let me know if you would accept this as an answer? If not,
another researcher might be able to find exactly what you are looking
for.

tisme-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by taxmama-ga on 26 Nov 2002 19:44 PST

Hey Researchers....

Ontario Mills is in Ontario California. Don't be fooled by that CA. :~)

Hello,

The information you request is probably available only from the most
reputable source for market data on retail real estate, the National
Research Bureau (link below):

"The National research Bureau is the premier provider of retail real
estate information in the United States. NRB has published information
for the shopping center industry for more than 45 years. Its database
of information on almost 40,000 U.S. shopping centers is the only
comprehensive and detailed information source on shopping centers
available."

Most of their information is only available through purchase and isn't
available free to the public (link below). Their full database is
available to be searched online for $995 a year, or offline on CD-ROM
for $2,195. They however put out a quarterly newsletter with condensed
statistics, and from the latest newsletter I found your top 10 list of
GLA (gross leaseable area):


Top Ten Existing Centers by Size
Rank	Center Name		City		State	GLA		Year Open
1 DEL AMO FASHION CENTER	Torrance	CA	3,000,000	1961
2 KING OF PRUSSIA PLAZA & COURT	King of Prussia	PA	2,900,663	1962
3 SAWGRASS MILLS & THE OASIS	Sunrise		FL	2,700,000	1990
4 MALL OF AMERICA		Bloomington	MN	2,574,525	1992
5 WOODFIELD			Schaumburg	IL	2,270,000	1971
6 ROOSEVELT FIELD MALL		Garden City	NY	2,146,029	1956
7 THE GALLERIA			Houston		TX	2,100,000	1970
8 LAKEWOOD CENTER MALL		Lakewood	CA	2,057,700	1951
9 SOUTHCOAST PLAZA		Costa Mesa	CA	2,022,000	1967
10 OAKBROOK CENTER		Oak Brook	IL	2,013,000	1962

>10 ONTARIO MILLS		Ontario		CA	1,700,000	1997


They do not distinguish between enclosed and open air facilities in
their newsletter though, and only do that in their subscription
information. I provided a sample listing in the links below to show
you what they have to offer. As you can see, they do provide
information about each mall's configuration (enclosed/open
air/strip/etc.), and using their proprietary database, you can
generate your own listings for both enclosed and open air catagories.
Ontario Mills does not rank on the top 10 GLA as shown, I found their
GLA from their company website linked below.

Some interesting facts to note are building area vs. GLA. One would
think the Mall of America would have the largest GLA, but they do not.
Their gross building area (GBA) is roughly 4,200,000 sq. ft., but
about half of that is non-leaseable space. Meanwhile, the Del Amo
Fashion Center lists their GBA at over 3,100,000 but most of that
space is GLA, pushing them higher on the list. Thank you for the
opportunity to answer this question for you, and I hope you found my
information valuable.


Search Strategy:

"largest malls" list on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=%22largest+malls%22+list

"national research bureau" on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=%22national+research+bureau%22


Additional Links:

National Research Bureau website:
http://www.nrbonline.com/

NRB Spring 2002 Newsletter:
http://cluster1.claritas.com/MyNRB/Content/pdf/NRBSpring2002.pdf

Sample listing in subscription information:
http://cluster1.claritas.com/MyNRB/Content/pdf/scdsample.pdf

NRB Online Database:
http://cluster1.claritas.com/MyNRB/Default.wjsp?ID=13&SubID=10

Ontario Mills factsheet:
http://www.ontariomills.com/ontario_body.html

Mall of America factsheet:
http://www.mallofamerica.com/moa/servlet/SMTMall?mid=369&pn=STATIC&frame=main&rs=0&file=General/media_fastfacts.html

Del Amo Fashion Center factsheet:
http://www.delamofashioncenter.com/leasingopp.cfm


Thank you for the opportunity to answer your question, if you require
more information, please clarify the question, or if you find this
answer satisfactory, please feel free to rate it. Thank you!
 
skermit-ga